Prosecutors have decided not to indict "slow aging" specialist Dr. Jung Hee-won over stalking allegations. A former commissioned researcher, identified as A, who filed a countersuit, also received a suspended indictment on charges of violating the Stalking Punishment Act and housebreaking.
According to legal sources, the second unit for women and children crime investigations at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (headed by Director General Park Ji-na) closed Dr. Jung's case on alleged violations of the Stalking Punishment Act on the 30th with a no-charge decision. Dr. Jung had been under investigation on allegations that, after conveying that A should "talk to a lawyer," A repeatedly contacted Jung multiple times and that Jung spoke with A's father.
Prosecutors are said to have determined that even considering the circumstances, timing, frequency, and content of the mobile phone messages Dr. Jung sent to A, it is difficult to deem them repeated stalking under the Stalking Punishment Act. It is also known that they took into account that there was a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Jung and A's father.
As for A, the charges of violating the Stalking Punishment Act and housebreaking resulted in a suspended indictment. A suspended indictment is a non-prosecution disposition in which the facts are acknowledged but the case is not brought to trial in consideration of factors such as the circumstances and outcome of the offense and any prior record. Prosecutors are said to have taken into account that A had no prior record of similar offenses and that Dr. Jung's side expressed a desire not to pursue punishment.
Earlier, Dr. Jung filed a police complaint against A in December last year, saying A had stalked Jung over six months, and A filed a countersuit accusing Dr. Jung of forced indecent act by abuse of authority and other charges. Both sides later withdrew their complaints and submitted statements expressing no desire for punishment. When the police referred both sides' alleged violations of the Stalking Punishment Act to prosecutors, they did not refer part of Dr. Jung's forced indecent act allegation.
Dr. Jung resumed activities after about four months by posting a new video on a YouTube channel on the 23rd.